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Go Ask Alice......For What It's Worth

A few weeks ago I made my very first visit to a pot shop. That’s right! Linda Susan Knight never ever smoked pot, even though my father was sure I was passing time with a hookah-smoking caterpillar somewhere. Because I was so different word on the street was that I was working in some hookah lounge enticing my fellow local teen youth to corruption. After a couple of brief tries I realized my…

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Bertie Whyte and Alfred McNeely -- Genealogy- Donna Mcfarlane

read–The Mystery of the Alfred McNeely’s — Were there Two? I think you already know but Bertie Whyte who married Alfred McNeely… also Maggies grandfather Thomas Whyte was also my husbands gr gr grandfather as his daughter Mary married James Cram.. Alfred McNeely worked for W.A.Nichols and Sons for over 60 years. Nichols Saw Mill- where Centennial Park is. Photo by Annie Duff — Carleton Place…

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#Alfred McNeely #bertie whyte #Carleton-Place #Donna mcfarlane #genealogy #History #Lanark-County #ontario #W. A. Nichols Mill #whyte

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Joyce Tennant-- Memories of CPHS -- Elizabeth Brown --- Janice Tennant Campbell

Janice Tennant Campbell    This is a note and a tatted/embroidered hankie that Mom/ Joyce Tennant received from her teacher Elizabeth Brown. I believe she is the lady front and center of the photo, taken on the steps at CPHS in 1948. Mom is on the far left in the front row. Thanks to Janice for this photographed with her brother Jim. The Tennant family Joyce and Janice Tennant Family…

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#Carleton-Place #cphs #Elizabeth Brown #genealogy #handkerchief #high school #History #janice tennant campbell #Joyce Tennant #Lanark-County #Memories of CPHS #ontario

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Psychics or Ouija Boards – Who Ya Gonna Call?

Psychics or Ouija Boards – Who Ya Gonna Call?

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The Mazinaw Rock Collection... More on the Bon Echo Inn -- The Ouija Board Conversation

Photo- Collotype Reception room, Bon Echo Inn, near Pakenham, Ont., circa 1910Unknown / UnknownMP-0000.726.6   Flora MacDonald Denison, an Ontario-based inn owner said that The Bon Echo Inn had her favorite poet’s words etched forever into a granite cliff. Mac-Donald-Denison decided to model her quiet piece of paradise after the spiritual humanism and democratic idealism of her poet hero,…

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#Bon Echo Inn #deceit #Divorce #genealogy #History #Mazinaw Lake #Mazinaw Rock #meyers cave #ontario #ouija board #women

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The Basement of the Carleton Place Town Hall

The old key to the basement at the Carleton Place Town Hall Looking for more information on the basement apartment please Did you know that the late great former Mayor of Carleton Place Brian Costello’s father and mother once were the caretakers of the town hall and lived in a former basement apartment? When Brian’s children came to visit their grandparents thought they lived in the biggest…

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#basement apartment #bridge street #Carleton-Place #genealogy #History #Lanark-County #ontario #town hall

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The Missing Ruins of the Appleton Mill

From Des and Jean Moore clippings Mississippi Woolen Mill /Teskey Woolen Mill (1862) W 1/2, Lot 4 Conc 10, Ramsay Township on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi Woolen Mill was established in 1862 by Robert Teskey and William Bredin, proprietors (subsequently it was owned by brothers John Adam and William Rufus Teskey, and then by John Adam Teskey alone) The mill was then leased by Routh…

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#almonte #appleton #fire #genealogy #History #Lanark-County #mill #Mississippi mills #ontario #tesky #woolen mill

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Memories About Bernie Costello– Update

Memories About Bernie Costello– Update

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Hurdman's Bridge --- Accident 1902- J. LeClair Cyrville

Blair Stannard Admin Group expert+1  ·   ·  Ottawa – 1902 July 29 – Broken span – Hurdman’s Bridge Photo J Ballantyne box 1260 LAC PA-136947 Mikan 3265260 The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Thu, Jul 31, 1902Page 6 The Kingston Whig-Standard Kingston, Ontario, Canada • Thu, Jul 31, 1902Page 6 The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Thu, Sept 14, 1905Page 10 The Ottawa…

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#1902 #accident #bridge #Cyrville #genealogy #History #Hurdman&039;s Bridge #J.LeClair #ontario #Ottawa

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Do You Know What This Sign is? Adin Daigle Collection

Adin Daigle asks -Hey linda I was wondering if you could share this on your Facebook page and see if anyone knows anything about this?? ANSWER Rick Roberts Back in the 1960s it was a legal requirement to have the owner’s name and address on both sides of a pickup truck whether commercial or not. My father had identically designed plaques on his 1960 gmc pickup . Dad worked at Findlays as an…

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#adin daigle #almonte #carleton place #Carleton-Place #genealogy #History #Lanark-County #Mississippi mills #ontario #pickup trucks #Signs

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Cooking Toast on the Woodstove- Noreen Tyers

By Noreen Tyers Have you ever experienced a piece of toast done on top of the old kitchen stove? Oh my, this did bring back those childhood days when life had no cares, no fears.  As a child I grew up with a coal stove in the kitchen, now I have dated myself, maybe.  My life was simple then, did I have fancy clothes and a luxury life, not really.  I did in love, teaching and learning how…

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#almonte #Carleton-Place #childhood memories #Cinnamon toast #genealogy #History #Lanark-County #Memories #Mississippi mills #Noreen Tyers #ontario #toast #wood stove #Woodstove

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Remember Music Books? Stuart McIntosh

Remember the piano lessons you had as a child? Mine were awful. I trudged half way across town to Mrs.McClure’s on Churxh Street in Cowansville where sometimes a rap on the knuckles was issued after a wrong note. My piano sits empty a lot as after I had a stroke as I just can’t focus on the notes. But I’m glad I had the chance to learn to play an instrument as a child. Some things we do as…

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#almonte #carleton place and beckwith heritage museum #Carleton-Place #genealogy #History #Lanark-County #Mississippi mills #Music #music books #ontario #piano #stuart mcintosh

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Dr. Livingstone I presume? No, It's John Livingstone Coming Back to Lanark County -- Friends of the Dalhousie Library

The Lanark Era Lanark, Ontario, Canada • Wed, May 11, 1898Page 1 Dr. David Livingstone’s brother, John was a member of the Dalhousie library in 1841. A John and Mary Livingstone is listed on the member list. He later moved to Listowel, Ontario. Photo of John Senior and John Jr. Livingstone The Evening Star Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Tue, Nov 2, 1897Page 4 HIS SON John Livingstone nephew of…

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#Books #DavidLivingstone #Friends of the Dalhousie Library #genealogy #History #John Livingstone #Lanark-County #library #ontario #rare #rarebooks

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The Code Home Almonte and Documenting Herbert Moulton

Thanks to Glenda Mahoney for this. Bill Code’s house Sunday March 2 1997 in the Citizen Jim and Joe did the stonework. When Bill Code moved into the stone home his ancestors built in the mid-19th century, the inner walls were black with wood smoke. Spiders crept out of holes in the wallpaper and flies swarmed the interior. There was no bathroom, no plumbing, no furnace or insulation, and minimal…

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#almonte #Bill Code #genealogy #Herbert Moulton #History #Jeff Mahoney #Lanark-County #Mississippi mills #ontario #renovating #stone home

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The Tayles of Emileeeeee Mcpheeeeee turned 13 today!

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How May I Help You? Customer Service 1992 Bagels, Hardware, Suits and Flashy Things

Meet some people who really mean it when it comes to serving their customers. Whatever happened to the salesclerk who would say, “Don’t buy it today, we’re having a sale Wednesday,” the one who could actually show you how the product worked and which brand was the best deal? Some customers feel fortunate if they get service or a smile when they shop. As these Citizen profiles show, top service…

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#business #Carleton-Place #customer service #Dover Hardware #genealogy #History #newspapers #ontario #Rudolph Tailor #The Bagel Oven

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Does Anyone Remember Cohen’s in Lanark Village?

Does Anyone Remember Cohen’s in Lanark Village?

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